JOAN MILBURN

Actor, Playwright, Visual Artist

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Circle Mirror Transformation

By: Annie Baker

Character: Theresa

Millennial Poison Theatre Co. Fall 2019

Director: Lucas Haupert

Assistant Director: Dylan Mobley

Stage Manager: Alana Derting

Set: James Prince

Sound Design: Dylan Mobley

Intimacy Direction: Hannah Fuller

Photos: Lucas Haupert

Dr. Lorna James's Soliloquy in Act II of The Effect.

The memory sequence at the top of act II.

Joan Milburn as Dr. Lorna James and Chris Szeto-Joe as Tristan.

The final interview of Act I.

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Joan Milburn as Dr. James and Rebekkah Sheridan as Toby Sealey examining MRI projections in Act I.

The moment prior to the first dosage increase.

Dr. James checking the mouths of the participants following their dosages.

The moment following Tristan's overdose.

Sideways Stories From Wayside School

By: Louis Sachar

Adapted for the stage by John Olive

Character: Mrs. Gorf

Southwestern Fall Mainstage/Theatre for Young Audiences Production 2018

Director: Bethany Corey

Stage Manager: Olivia Carroll

Set Design:

Lighting Design: Emily Scott

Costume Design: Ashley Howell

Sound Design: Chris Szeto-Joe

Photos: Carlos Barron

Joan Milburn as Henrietta Leavitt performing the opening monologue of Silent Sky.

Joan Milburn as Henrietta Leavitt, Chris Szeto-Joe as Peter, and Cassidy Mayfield as Margaret.

The opening scene of Silent Sky.

Henrietta and Margaret reuniting in Act II.

Henrietta writing a letter to Peter.

Ale Salinas as Annie Cannon, Christian Erben as Williamina Fleming, Chris Szeto-Joe as Peter, and Joan Milburn as Henrietta Leavitt in Act I of Silent Sky.

The closing scene before the final monologue in act II.

The star sequence at the Harvard Observatory in act I of Silent Sky.

Act I of Silent Sky.

The Texas Beauty Pageant Murder: The Fall of Don Swan

By: Joan Milburn, Olivia Wise, Sonny Bushak, and Luke Oliver

Character: Miss Dallas

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018

Director: CB Goodman

Lights: Emily Scott, Jaden Williams, CB Goodman

Photos: Carlos Barron

Joan Milburn as Paulinka Erdnuss delivering the "black poodle" monologue.

The opening scene of A Bright Room Called Day.

Chris Szeto-Joe as Husz and Joan Milburn as Paulinka in the final scene of Act I.

The opening scene of A Bright Room Called Day.

Paulinka stabbing Agnes's table in Act II.

Joan Milburn as Paulinka, Chris Szeto-Joe as Husz, and Rebekkah Sheridan as Agnes.

Paulinka Erdnuss

The scene where Husz conjurs the devil at the end of Act I.

The cast and crew of A Bright Room Called Day.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

By Stephen Sondheim

Character: Gemini

Southwestern Spring Musical 2018

Director: Joey Banks

Stage Manager: Emily Scott

Set Design: Desi Roybal

Lighting Design: John Ore

Costume Design: Kerry Bechtel

Sound Design: Aaren Horak

Photos: Carlos Barron

Scott Galbreath as Lloyd and Joan Milburn as Poppy Norton-Taylor surrounded by the cast of Noises Off.

Poppy getting her skirt torn by Lloyd after refusing to go onstage for Brooke.

Lloyd and Poppy in the opening scene of Noises Off.

Ed Hillis as Selsdon, Joan Milburn as Poppy Norton-Taylor, and Scott Galbreath as Lloyd.

Poppy yelling at Tim that she has already done the announcements in Act II of Noises Off.

Lloyd and Poppy in Act II.

Brooke's Pre-Show ritual in Act II of Noises Off.

Olivia Wise as Dotty Otley and Joan Milburn as Poppy.

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Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

By: Alan Ball

Character: Trisha

Southwestern Fall Mainstage 2017

Director: Kathleen Juhl

Stage Manager: Trevor Stoneburner

Set Design: Worth Payton

Lighting Design: John Ore

Costume Design: Clarissa Boerner

Sound Design: Chris Szeto-Joe

Photos: Carlos Barron

Joan Milburn as Desdemona and Rachel Sather as Emilia.

Desdemona's monologue in Act I.

Desdemona.

Desdemona and Emilia talk after Desdemona's has a fit with her laundry.

Joan Milburn as Desdemona and Asha Culhane as Bianca.

Desdemona getting whipped by Bianca in act II of the play.

Desdemona, Biana, and Emilia sing together.

Desdemona skeptically listens to Bianca shortly after her entrance.

Desdemona's speech about Ludovico.

Gabriel: A Polemic

By: C. Denby Swanson

Character: Jennifer

Southwestern Mainstage Fall 2016

Director: Savannah Coleman

Stage Manager: Emily Scott

Set Design: Kenedi Delgado

Light Design: Kate Hazzard

Costume Design: Brandy Giordano

Photos: Carlos Barron

Joan Milburn as Lady Bracknell.

Lady Bracknell questions Jack Worthing in Act I.

The Importance of Being Earnest being performed in the round.

Lady Bracknell's surprise entrance in Act III of Earnest.

Joan Milburn as Lady Bracknell and Noah kopit as Jack Worthing.

Olivia Woodward as Miss Prism and Joan Milburn as Lady Bracknell.

The cast of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Joan Milburn as Lady Bracknell, Brock Boudoin as Algernon, and Ally Oliphant as Cecily Cardew.

Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Constellations

By: Nick Payne

Character: u/s Marianne (performed)

Millennial Poison Theatre Co.

Winter 2019

Director: Lucas Haupert

Assistant Director: Dylan Mobley

Stage Manager: Alana Derting

Set Design/Lighting: Lucas Haupert

Sound Design: Alana Derting

Photos: Lucas Haupert

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The Effect

By: Lucy Prebble

Character: Dr. Lorna James

Southwestern Senior Capstone Project/Spring Mainstage 2019

Director: Bonnie Lambert

Stage Manager: Emily Scott

Set Design: Matt Murphy

Lighting Design: Sam Bruno

Projection Design: Justin Milner

Costume Design: Kerry Bechtel

Sound Design: John Ore

Props Design: Christian Erben

Photos: Carlos Barron

Mrs. Gorf turning a student into an apple.

The cast of Sideways Stories form Wayside School.

Mrs. Gorf holding her "students" that she has just turned into apples.

Joan Milburn as Mrs. Gorf and Demi Tomasides as Bebe.

Joan Milburn as Mrs. Gorf possesing Camile Krumwiede as Mrs. Jewls.

The opening scene of Sideways Stories from Wayside School.

The moment right before Mrs. Gorf meets her end.

"I love apples. I hate children."

Close up of the possession scene.

Silent Sky

By: Lauren Gunderson

Character: Henrietta Leavitt

Southwestern Fall Mainstage 2018

Director: Kathleen Juhl

Stage Manager: Sam Bruno

Set Design: Desi Roybal

Lighting Design: Emily Scott

Projection Design: Driscoll Otto

Costume Design: Kerry Bechtel

Sound Design: John Ore

Compositions: Jason Hoogerhyde

Photos: Carlos Barron

Tristin Evans as Leo Porello and Joan Milburn as her lawyer in a scene from The Texas Beauty Pageant Murder.

Joan Milburn as Miss Dallas, Luke Oliver as Miss Fort Worth, and Tristin Evans as the roses in the WWE scene from T.T.B.P.M.

Miss Forth Woth and Miss Dallas.

Joan Milburn and Luke Oliver as the dueling Miss DFW's.

Joan Milburn and the ensemble of T.T.B.P.M.

Joan Milburn striking a pose as Miss Dallas.

Chriss Szeto-Joe as Tisbea, Luke Oliver as Miss Fort Worth, and Joan Milburn as Miss Dallas.

Rehearsal for The Texas Beauty Pageant Murder.

Joan Milburn handing out flyers for the show on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A Bright Room Called Day

By: Tony Kushner

Character: Paulinka Erdnuss

Southwestern Spring Mainstage 2018

Director: Lily Wolff

Stage Manager: Sam Bruno

Set Design: Austin Mueck

Lighting Design: Matt Murphy

Costume Design: Glenda Wolfe

Sound Design: Christian Aderholt

Photos: Carlos Barron

"Comedy Tonight."

The courteseans surround Miles Gloriosus in Act I of Forum.

A vignette from the opening number, "Comedy Tonight."

Hysterium's surprise entrance in act 2 of Forum.

The final tableau of Forum.

"Pretty Little Picture."

The "Comedy Tonight" kick line.

A vignette from "Comedy Tonight."

A still from Act I of Forum.

Noises Off

By: Micheal Frayn

Character: Poppy Norton-Taylor

Southwestern Fall Mainstage 2017

Director: Fritz Ketchum

Stage Manager: Jennifer McAttee

Set Design: Desi Roybal

Lighting Design: Matt Murphy

Costume Design: Emily Scott

Sound Design: Jaden Williams

Stage Combat Choreographer: Adam Miller-Batteau

Photos: Carlos Barron

Joan Milburn as Trisha in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.

Joan Milburn as Trisha and Bonnie Lambert as Meredith.

The cast of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.

Bonnie Lambert as Meredith, Joan Milburn as Trisha, Savannah Ritz as Mindy, and Olivia Wise as Georgeanne.

The final tableau of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.

Ashely Howell as Frances and Joan Milburn as Trisha.

Luke Oliver as Tripp and Joan Milburn as Trisha in Act II of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.

The women share a joint in Act II of Five Women.

Trisha and Georgeanne's window scene in Act I.

Desdemona: A Play about a Hankerchief

By: Paula Vogel

Character: Desdemona

The Gaiety School of Acting

Director: Kristian Marken

Stage Manager: Kristian Marken

Tech Consultant: John Lawless

Commedia Consultant: Alicky Hess

Photos: Tom Maher

Joan Milburn as Jennifer and Bonnie Lambert as Brenda in Act II of Gabriel.

Joan Milburn as Jennifer.

Joan Milburn as Jennifer, Tristin Evans as Susan, and Bonnie Lambert as Brenda during the whipped cream fight in Act II of Gabriel.

Jennifer, Brenda, and Susan sit down to dinner together.

The final tableau of Gabriel.

Jennifer faces off with her sister, Susan, in act II.

Joan Milburn as Jennifer, Bonnie Lambert, and Savannah Ritz as Louise.

Jennifer's apology.

Susan speaks to Jennifer amidst their fight in Act II.

The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

Character: Lady Bracknell

Southwestern Fall Mainstage 2015

Director: Paul Gaffney

Stage Manager: Caroline Gaspard

Set Design: Desi Roybal

Light Design: John Ore

Costume Design: Stephanie Dunbar

Photos: Carlos Barron